Example sentences of "it take three [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Henning Albrechsten reckons that it takes three years for a telecottage to be able to function without subsidy . |
2 | It took three pints of home brew , each , before we stopped scratching . |
3 | It took three minutes for a plain-clothes policeman to reach the booths , but all were empty . |
4 | In 1992 , it took three competitors from the London insurance market under its wing : Cairn Computer Systems with its Ingres-based technology and accompanying client list was bought for £200,000. £800,000 was raised through a share issue for the City division of Weir Systems ( CI No 2,076 ) which also added open systems expertise more long term contracts . |
5 | It took three quarters of an hour to get it out and meanwhile it did some damage . |